Description

School built in twelve days. Twickenham, Surrey.

L/Ss Burnt out school at Twickenham with the new school being built beside it. M/S Interior, burnt rubbish in the old school, pan up to show charred timbers. L/S Looking through roof of the old school. M/S Pan, charred doors and walls in the school. L/S Workman working on outside of the new school. C/U Workman pan to show him painting door.

L/S Interior, workman lifting door into position. L/S Workman opens the door and steps through it. L/S Man drilling, pan to show electric mains and fuse boxes on the wall. L/S Man laying electric cable. L/S Exterior work still going on at night. C/U Man closes the window. L/S Workmen walking round. L/S Interior, workmen fixing heaters in corridors. L/S Man putting a toilet basin into position. C/U Basin with notice stuck on it saying "Tested". L/S Exterior workmen working through the night. M/S School teacher ringing the bell on the first morning back to school. L/S Kids running into school.

10 telling images selected from British Pathé's extensive WWI footage. 'The war to end all wars' was a war without parallel: over 70 million military personnel were involved and over 17 million people died.